Sprinkler



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P. SPLITTSTOSER.

SPRINKLER.

N0. 414,732. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND SPLITTSTOSER, OF NORTH BRANCH, MINNESOTA.

SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,732, dated November12, 1889.

' Application filed February 4, 1889. Serial No. 298,675- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND SPLITT- STOSER, of North Branclnin thecounty of Isanti and State of Minnesota, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Sprinklers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of said i11- vention, referencebeing had to the accompan ying drawings, and to the letters or figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby the ordinarysprinklingpot may be so improved and perfected as to be a practical andsatisfactory means for distributing or sprinkling paris-green or otherpowder in water on vegetables infected with insects. Heretofore it hasbeen common to put paris-green in the water in a wateringpot and stir ormingle the paris-green powder with the water .and distribute it with thewater through the sprinkler onto vegetables; but as the powder does notreadily dissolve in the water it frequently clogs the apertures or someof them in the sprinkler, necessitating considerable time and work toclear the closed apertures, or otherwise the water and powder will bevery unevenly distributed. To obviate this difficulty is the especialobject of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal central section of thesprinkler or head of the spout of asprinkling-pot with my removabledevice therein, taken on line X X of Fig. 2, looking in the direction ofthe arrow. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the sprinkler, broken away inpart to show the interior construction.

In the drawings, A is the spout of a sprinkling-pot, and VB is theenlarged end of the spout on which the cap having a large number ofapertures E E, forming the sprinkler O, is secured by a peripheralscrew-thread at D,whereby the cap or sprinkler is removable at pleasure.\Vithin the enlarged head B of the spout I insert removably a Wire sieveF, which is adapted to strain the water and stop any large lump orconsiderable mass of the paris-green from passing through the sieve andgetting into the apertures E E in the sprinkler, whereby, although someportion of the sieve may become clogged with the parisgreen temporarily,yet sufficient water will pass through other parts of it to fill thespace outside of the sieve and within the sprinkler, so that the waterwill escape constantly through all the apertures in the sprinkler, andwill thereby be evenly distributed, when if such lumps or masses of theparis-grcen were not stopped by the sieve they would become impactedagainst the inside of the cap or sprinkler C, and thereby clog some ofthe apertures and stop the passage of water therethrough. Theparis-green that clogs on the inner surface of thesieve will in mostcases be soon dissolved or washed away by the water, or if it.- remainsin a mass the sieve can be readily removed from time to time and cleanedthereof. For supporting and holding the sieve in position I preferablyuse a metal ring G, adapted to rest upon the flaring sides of the head Band having an inwardly-projecting flange II, which ring may be made ofsheet metal. On this ring is a rubber ring-packing I, bearing againstthe wall of the head B, and thereon is the sieve F, on which is placedanother rubber ringpacking K, and above this is a spiral wire spring L,bearing also against the cap C and adapted to hold the sieve in positionwhen the cap 0 is turned down on thehead B.

It will be understood that the ring G, packing I and K, the sieve F, andthe spring L are all removable when the cap C is taken off from the headB.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of an enlarged head 13 of a spout of a sprinkling-pot,which head has flaring sides and a perforated cap removably secured tothe head B, with a removable ring G, adapted to rest on the flaringsides of the head 13, and a removable flat metal sieve supported on thering G at a distance from the cap, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND SPLITTSTOSER.

Witnesses:

GEO. 0. SMITH, GEORGE KOSTERMAN.

